Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is speaking on ‘The gut microbiome in neurodevelopmental disorders’ in the symposium, titled ‘The secretive whispers between the gut and brain’ along with Bijoy Pratim Chaudhuri and Ish Garg that is chaired by Anish Kumar Dawn and Debanjan Pan during the World Psychiatric Association’s Regional Congress (WPARC) 2023 at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das is speaking on ‘Out of the closet: challenges of the LGBT in clinics and community’ in the symposium, titled ‘Transgender people: what psychiatrists should know about providing positive care’ along with Ish Garg and Samrat Singh Bhandari that is chaired by Jai Ranjan Ram and Naresh Vadlamani during the World Psychiatric Association’s Regional Congress (WPARC) 2023 at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is chairing distinguished lectures by Rebecca Brendel, the President of the American Psychiatric Association and Ramaswamy Viswanathan, the President Elect of the American Psychiatric Association on ‘A roadmap for the future of psychiatry’ and ‘Cultural issues in physician-patient communication’ respectively during the World Psychiatric Association’s Regional Congress (WPARC) 2023 at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das walks for mental health in Kolkata during the World Psychiatric Association’s Regional Congress (WPARC) 2023.